Community, Research and Industry: How Jack Janik made the most of his Auburn journey
11/10/25 12:00 PM
Jack Janik’s time at Auburn was shaped by curiosity, collaboration and a growing passion for tribology — the study of friction, wear and lubrication. The graduate of the Honors College and the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering credits Auburn with helping him discover his academic interests and prepare for a career in industry.
EPRI director presents on additive in-mold electronics at National Academy of Engineering symposium
11/7/25 8:00 AM
One of the heavyweights of next-generation electronics recently shared his vision for lightweight vehicles with the National Academy of Engineering.
Auburn Engineering students win third and fourth place at Halloween Pitch Competition
11/6/25 2:50 PM
The Halloween Pitch Competition, presented by the New Venture Accelerator and the Harbert College of Business, allowed students the opportunity to pitch their business ideas before industry professional judges.
Students' awesome research ideas celebrated at college's third AUSome Science in 60 Seconds
11/3/25 10:00 AM
Presented by the Council of Engineering Graduate Students, AUSome Science in 60 Seconds tasked students to create videos and explain their projects in one minute or less.
#GINNing Podcast: The Desk Job
10/31/25 3:38 PM
Get to know mechanical engineering junior Tyler Wilks, the Brown-Kopel Engineering Student Achievement Center's front-desk phenom, on the latest episode of the best podcast in higher education.
NextFlex partners with Auburn Engineering for new regional hybrid electronics node
10/29/25 4:00 PM
The Samuel Ginn College of Engineering will soon be an even more welcoming environment for research into harsh-environment electronics.
Auburn Engineering faculty receive NSF grant for undergraduate summer research program
10/23/25 3:00 PM
Auburn Engineering will host a 10-week NSF-funded Research Experience for Undergraduates starting summer 2026, focusing on transport phenomena.
Auburn’s Grand Engineering Challenges combines fun and learning for K-6th grade students
10/15/25 3:00 PM
Auburn University’s Samuel Ginn College of Engineering hosted more than 220 K-6th grade students Tuesday, Oct. 14, as part of its Grand Engineering Challenges event.
Mechanical engineering alumna to be honored with International Quality of Life Award
10/8/25 3:00 PM
For the first time in its 32-year history, the College of Human Sciences’ annual International Quality of Life Awards will take place in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 8. This year’s celebration will blend the significance of an iconic city with an awards program dedicated to advancing well-being and improving quality of life around the world.
Auburn to host NextFlex workshop in aerospace and automotive electronics in Huntsville
9/26/25 11:00 AM
In the world of flexible hybrid electronics (FHE), few universities can flex like Auburn. And next month, they're taking the show on the road.
Auburn engineering seniors win nationwide summer internship competition
9/18/25 12:00 AM
Auburn engineering seniors designed a retrofit kit to make older military drones autonomous, winning Booz Allen’s national internship contest and earning job offers.
#GINNing Podcast: Kyle's Extra Mile
9/12/25 10:00 AM
Extra mile? Thy name is Kyle — Margelle Kyle, a Texas-hailing mechanical engineering honors student who's already wedded her passion for biomechanics with the Auburn Creed in order to meet a critical need.
Faculty, staff recognized at Engineering Research Awards banquet
9/12/25 9:15 AM
The awards recognize outstanding contributions that exemplify innovation, collaboration and real-world impact
The need for speed: DARPA awards NCAME up to $2.8M for transformative AM qualification research
9/5/25 11:00 AM
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has asked Auburn University to put the pedal to the powdered metal.
#GINNing Podcast: Penguin Protection
9/5/25 10:54 AM
This week, the #GINNing Gang sits down Iván Nail-Ulloa, a Chile-hailing mechanical engineering postdoctoral fellow (and pal to penguins everywhere) aiming to revolutionize the way safety professionals assess injury risk on factory floors and similar industrial settings.
Auburn Engineering researchers advance to Stage 2 of NIH/NCATS Quantum Sensing Technology Challenge
8/18/25 8:00 AM
Zihe Gao and Pengyu Chen created a cutting-edge imaging method for cancer detection that advanced to Stage 2 of the NIH/NCATS Quantum Sensing Technology Challenge.
Standout scholar-athlete to serve as Auburn Engineering graduate marshal
8/4/25 1:00 PM
As if it wasn't already a banner year for Mason Mathias...
Auburn University Samuel Ginn College of Engineering’s namesake and family commit $30 million to scholarships
7/30/25 4:30 PM
The namesake of Auburn University’s Samuel Ginn College of Engineering and the Ginn Family Foundation has committed $30 million to the college to establish a new scholarship program, marking the largest single commitment to scholarships in Auburn University history.
#GINNing Podcast: Second-Hand Information
7/11/25 9:45 AM
Simply put, Peden Jones believes in the human touch — and the almost-human, too.
Auburn mechanical engineering doctoral student spending summer developing flying cars
7/8/25 2:00 PM
They promised us flying cars. Ehsan Vaghefi is trying to hold them to it.
#GINNing Podcast: Floyd the Racer
7/3/25 9:00 AM
Mechanical engineering sophomore Eliana Floyd grew up watching racing with her dad. She's been into cars for as long as she can remember. So, for her, just standing in pit lane would have made the hours in the Makerspace designing, cutting and clamping panels, bleeding brakes and slapping duct tape on the frame worth it. But to actually win a race — a national championship — at Talladega? That was more electric than the car itself.
College launches novel internet tool designed to foster research collaboration across multiple disciplines
7/3/25 8:15 AM
AUSME is a searchable, artificial intelligence-powered tool that transforms how researchers discover one another, form collaborations and pursue complex, cross-disciplinary challenges.
Graduate School dean named as chair of Department of Mechanical Engineering
6/30/25 12:55 PM
George Flowers has been named as the new chair of Auburn University’s Department of Mechanical Engineering, according to an announcement by Mario Eden, dean of engineering.
Mechanical engineering doctoral student wows national tribology conference with electrical erosion research
6/27/25 4:00 PM
When it comes to better understanding and mitigating the causes of electrical erosion now regularly reported in electric vehicles (EVs), the leading tribology program in the nation has a new poster boy.
Industrial design, engineering students’ collaboration leads to groundbreaking medical device
6/25/25 8:00 AM
Students from Auburn’s Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Design programs are solving real-life problems, and they recently witnessed the public unveiling of an innovative new surgical device they helped create.
#GINNing Podcast: Miss Autonomous
6/6/25 11:49 AM
The latest episode of the best podcast in higher education features a mechanical engineering doctoral student whose name over her past four years has practically become synonymous with autonomous — GAVLAB great, Stephanie Meyer.
Mechanical engineering graduate’s latest award reflects Auburn’s reputation as “Tribology U.”
5/29/25 9:00 AM
Jack Janik's career in the science of friction, wear and lubrication — tribology — didn't need any more traction. But the former Auburn mechanical engineering standout still just coasted to yet another kudo.
Defense, Auburn, Defense: Athletics-inspired Auburn Engineering startup expanding to support military
5/21/25 3:00 PM
A small project begun at Auburn in 2019 to quickly return injured Auburn football players to the playing field may soon return injured soldiers to the battlefield.
Auburn mechanical engineering graduate makes university history with dual thesis and dissertation awards
5/20/25 2:00 PM
Kyle Castellano enrolled at Auburn for graduate work in mechanical engineering hoping to keep pace with the university's rigorous academic standards. Two degrees later, it's officially safe to say that he succeeded — and set a new standard in the process.
NCAME hosts technology leaders for specialty workshop on advanced manufacturing
5/19/25 2:40 PM
Top minds recently convened at Auburn University for a series of conversations on how to overcome obstacles to the wider adoption of advanced manufacturing.
Auburn Alumni Engineering Council inducts Class of 2030
4/30/25 2:55 PM
The Auburn Alumni Engineering Council inducted seven new members during its annual spring meeting in April in the Brown-Kopel Center.
Auburn senior design team sets record in national naval engineering race
4/29/25 1:00 PM
Henry Kendall isn't just saying it because that's what you say when you're an Auburn student. He's saying it because it's true. He was asked about what went into his team placing first in the American Society of Naval Engineers' annual Promoting Electric Propulsion Competition in Virginia Beach, and he answered. The secret to Auburn's speed? Auburn's Creed.
Engineered to win: Auburn iRacing team evolves from fledgling student organization into powerhouse
4/22/25 11:00 AM
Auburn University’s official iRacing team has evolved from a fledgling student organization three years ago to one that’s putting Auburn Engineering alumni into important positions within the professional racing industry.
Fueled by passion, students volunteer to help member of the Auburn Family
4/17/25 10:00 AM
A group of Auburn Engineering students rushed to help an Auburn Family member to develop a custom brace to combat dropped head syndrome.
AUBE Lab director to research beginnings of biomechanics during six-month stint as Museo Galileo Visiting Professor
4/15/25 2:20 PM
Michael Zabala, Auburn Alumni Engineering Council Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, is taking his interest in mining the beginnings of biomechanics for what it can provide the field's future to the next level.
Eight Auburn Engineering faculty members named to 2025 promotion, tenure list
4/15/25 8:00 AM
Auburn University Provost Vini Nathan announced the names of faculty awarded promotion and tenure for 2025.
Chemical engineering student wins Graduate Engineering Research Showcase with study on hydraulic redistribution
4/8/25 10:25 AM
More than 150 students participated in the 12th Graduate Engineering Research Showcase, held April 3 in the Brown-Kopel Center.
Auburn Engineering graduate programs earn high marks in recent U.S. News and World Report rankings
4/8/25 7:46 AM
U.S. News and World Report, which ranks graduate programs nationally each spring, designated Auburn Engineering No. 33 among public institutions when its annual list was released Tuesday, April 8.
#GINNing Podcast: @KrazyKlementine
4/3/25 3:00 PM
This double-degreed Auburn engineering apostle extraordinaire is supporting the team and living the dream.
Researchers part of $887K FTA project to optimize efficiency on zero emission bus materials
3/21/25 1:55 PM
Auburn Engineering researchers on the project are Bryan Beckingham (principal investigator) and co-PIs Cassandra Porter, Michael Howard, Lauren Beckingham, Mark Hoffman and Christian Brodbeck.
NCAME partners with Blue Origin to improve copper printability
3/18/25 11:00 AM
When it comes to overcoming the challenges of 3D printing with copper, Blue Origin has decided to work a little orange into their research.
State of Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame inducts Class of 2025
3/4/25 2:30 PM
The State of Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame inducted eight individuals — including one Auburn University alumnus and an Auburn chemical engineering professor — and one corporation during a ceremony Feb. 22 at the Renaissance Birmingham at Ross Bridge.
Mechanical engineering senior named SEC Men’s Swimming and Diving Scholar-Athlete of the Year
2/24/25 3:30 PM
The folks tasked with naming the SEC Men’s Swimming and Diving Scholar-Athlete of the Year had it pretty easy this go round.
New Engineering Global Programs opportunity takes students to New Zealand
2/17/25 9:00 AM
A new study abroad program through Engineering Global Programs will take Auburn Engineering students to the South Pacific, immersing them in the environmental landscapes of New Zealand.
#GINNing Podcast: Net Worth
2/14/25 9:00 AM
Mechanically minded freshman tennis talent Julie Bedard goes hard — on the court and in the classroom.
Auburn team claims autonomous racing victory at 163.6 mph
2/12/25 2:00 PM
Auburn's autonomous driving research shows no signs of slowing down.
Auburn Engineering students solving water issues domestically and abroad
2/6/25 7:55 AM
Auburn's Engineering Without Borders chapter helping residents in rural Tennessee, Guatemala and Bolivia.
Pettus named executive director of Auburn University Applied Research Institute in Huntsville
1/28/25 3:30 PM
Auburn University’s Office of the Senior Vice President for Research and Economic Development has hired Jonathan Pettus as executive director of the Auburn University Applied Research Institute (AUARI) in Huntsville, effective February 1.
Auburn vision for flexible electronics future aligns with major focus of CES 2025
1/27/25 3:00 PM
Auburn University's Electronics Packaging Research Institute (EPRI) was established this past summer. Judging by the reports of wide-eyed, gizmo-giddy tech journalists covering the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES), the timing couldn't have been better.
NCAME director to deliver 2024-25 Distinguished Graduate Faculty Lecture
1/24/25 9:15 AM
NCAME Director Nima Shamsaei, Philpott-WestPoint Stevens Distinguished Professor of mechanical engineering, will deliver the 2024-25 Distinguished Graduate Faculty Lecture on January 28th.